Re: best way of backing up to tape?

[George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com>]

There are lots of things ... if you are doing something very basic, afio
is a better choice than tar. If you want to get fancy with backing up
several machines to one central host, amanda works. You might try taper or
kbackup for a single machine.



On 25 Oct 1999, Ron Farrer wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a DEC TZ87 SCSI tape drive and I want to use it for backing up. What would be the best way of backing files up to it? Each tape can hold 10GB/20GB (normal/compressed) and I will be backing up about 4GB worth of files. Something else I would like is something that is fairly easy to use, restore and is reliable. I am using slink.
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ron
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